Installation, settings, miscellaneous

Fancier Author Box is a free WordPress plugin found in WordPress.org plugin repository. This makes it really easy to install, configure or uninstall it via your WordPress dashboard.

Once activated, Fancier Author Box automatically adds fields to the user profile within the WordPress dashboard for each of the compliant social media icons that can appear in the author box.

Each WordPress user fills in his/her details about company position, social networks and may even choose not to show the author box. You, as an administrator, have the option to choose where you’d like Fancier Author Box to be shown – above or below posts, pages or custom post types and you can also tweak the visual appearance of it.

Can I manually hide it for certain posts or pages?

The answer is yes. If you don’t wish to show Fancier Author Box for any of your post, pages or custom post types, you can do it by following the instructions below.

Enable “Custom Fields” in screen options in WordPress dashboard

Find “Custom Fields” underneath the post/page where you want to hide Fancier Author Box, and enter a new one: ts_fab_hide

Enter any value (for example: 1), save it and that’s it, the plugin won’t be added to that post or page.

Fancier Author Box is a free WordPress plugin that enables you to quickly and easily add author bios above or below your posts, pages or custom post types. It features some nice functionality and design tweaks through the admin interface so you can match the look of the author bio box to your blog design.

You’ll find a lot of free WordPress plugins that enable you to add an author bio to the end of each post on your blog. This is a great feature for blogs with multiple contributors. By highlighting the author’s credentials at the bottom of each article, readers get a sense of your blog authority and your authors get an opportunity to promote themselves.

The bio is the native WordPress bio field you find in Users > Your Profile. As for the picture, WordPress uses http://en.Gravatar.com and so does our plugin. You need to create your profile using the same email you use for WordPress.

Hi and thank you for taking the time to address my request and I have truly enjoyed this plugin! But I had a question about styling.

I have noticed a delay in the plugin rendering on mobile devices and I suspect it is due to it having to query the latest posts each time it loads. Is there a way to prevent the latest posts tab from rendering on the page. If not is there anything else that can be done to allow it to load faster on mobile devices. It’s at least an 8 second delay when loading. If you don’t want to post this comment on the site I understand feel free to email me if you would rather.